I learned that Hitler filmed everything that he did because he thought what he was doing was good.
Anybody over the age of 6 months was considered an adult and could not receive milk.
Children snuck under the wall to the Arian side to get food.
There was an 8 foot wall around the Ghetto with barbed wire and pieces of glass.
Jan Zabinski set up an escape route from the Ghetto to the Warsaw Zoo.
Jan Zabinski was part of the Polish Resistance.
PAPER CLIPS: The paper clip is a symbol of the Holocaust because people during that time would wear paper clips as a way to fight back or resist. Watching PAPER CLIPS I learned about a project that a normal class made. I was also able to hear the stories of holocaust survivors. Lastly I learned about an actual rail car that was used during the holocaust was what the paper clips were displayed in.
This is the story of Eva Galler. She was born in Poland in a town named Oleszyce. While on a train being transported to a concentration she and her siblings jumped from the train. She survived unlike her siblings. Eva was 17 when she escaped.http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/data.show.php?di=record&da=survivors&ke=6
This is the story of Jeannine Burk. She lived with a family as a hidden child for 2 years. Her father had found different places for all of her siblings to go. Her father had dropped her off at a lady's house and that was the last time she ever saw him. She lost her mother and father. But she is now happily married. http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/data.show.php?di=record&da=survivors&ke=5
10 Facts About The Holocaust
It started in 1933 and ended in 1945.
Aushwitz was the largest death camp during the Holocaust.
11 million people were murdered during the Holocaust.
"The word Holocaust is derived from the Greek words completely burnt."
Prisoners were tattooed with numbers so they could be identified
2 million people were murdered at Aushwitz concentration camp
"The first mass gassing of Jews took place in the Chelmno extermination camp"
"More than half a million people visit the site of the former concentration camp Auschwitz every year"
What I learned in this unit: I think that the holocaust is a terrible thing that happened in our history. I learned about the survivors and people who helped the jews. If I would have lived during the Holocaust I do not know if I would have had the courage to save a jew. I found that the survivors had very touching stories. The paper clips movie was very informative and I think it was a great project.
Link to the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuiXg4k4UZQ
What I learned by watching Warsaw Zoo:
The paper clip is a symbol of the Holocaust because people during that time would wear paper clips as a way to fight back or resist. Watching PAPER CLIPS I learned about a project that a normal class made. I was also able to hear the stories of holocaust survivors. Lastly I learned about an actual rail car that was used during the holocaust was what the paper clips were displayed in.
LINKS:
http://www.globaldreamers.org/THIS IS A LINK TO MARSHA'S WEBSITE.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143 THIS IS A WEBSITE ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST THAT HAS GREAT FACTS.
http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/THIS IS A WEBSITE THAT IS ALL ABOUT THE SURVIVORS AND THEIR STORIES.
http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/data.show.php?di=list&da=photos&so=titleTHIS IS A LINK TO THE PHOTO GALLERY OF THE SURVIVORS WEBSITE
https://www.hmh.org/THIS IS A LINK TO THE HOUSTON HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM.
Survivor Stories:
This is the story of Eva Galler. She was born in Poland in a town named Oleszyce. While on a train being transported to a concentration she and her siblings jumped from the train. She survived unlike her siblings. Eva was 17 when she escaped.http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/data.show.php?di=record&da=survivors&ke=6
This is the story of Jeannine Burk. She lived with a family as a hidden child for 2 years. Her father had found different places for all of her siblings to go. Her father had dropped her off at a lady's house and that was the last time she ever saw him. She lost her mother and father. But she is now happily married. http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/data.show.php?di=record&da=survivors&ke=5
10 Facts About The Holocaust
10. 1.5 million children were murdered
Sources:
http://facts.randomhistory.com/holocaust-facts.html
http://students.umf.maine.edu/brooke.burton/public.www/UnitSite/facts.html
What I learned in this unit:
I think that the holocaust is a terrible thing that happened in our history. I learned about the survivors and people who helped the jews. If I would have lived during the Holocaust I do not know if I would have had the courage to save a jew. I found that the survivors had very touching stories. The paper clips movie was very informative and I think it was a great project.
Sachsenhausen 100,000
Holocaust Pictures: